Habitat point records from 1997 Unicomarine Hoy Sound and Shapinsay Sound sublittoral sediment survey

This survey was carried out as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR). The MNCR was started in 1987 by the Nature Conservancy Council and subsequent to the Environment Protection Act 1990, was undertaken by JNCC on behalf of the conservation agencies up to its completion in 1998. The MNCR was initiated to provide a comprehensive baseline of information on marine habitats and species, to aid coastal zone and sea-use management and to contribute to the identification of areas of marine natural heritage importance throughout Great Britain. Data collected through the MNCR was stored in the Marine Recorder database, and has been extracted from Marine Recorder to produce this dataset. For more details, see http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1596.本调查作为海洋自然保护审查（Marine Nature Conservation Review, MNCR）的一部分实施。该审查于1987年由自然保护委员会启动；1990年《环境保护法》颁布后，其实施工作由联合自然保护委员会（JNCC）代表各保护机构承接，直至1998年正式完成。开展海洋自然保护审查旨在全面构建大不列颠周边海洋生境与物种的基线信息体系，以辅助海岸带与海洋利用管理，并助力识别全境范围内具有海洋自然遗产价值的区域。本次审查收集的所有数据均存储于“海洋记录器（Marine Recorder）”数据库中，本数据集即从该数据库提取编制而成。如需了解更多详情，请访问：http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1596。